Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-12-22

Mr. PINE, n. p. who was barricaded in
Lishnny castle, his residence in CouptyWa
terford, Ireland, resisting the efforts Of thu
police TO arrest him, left the castle early
the other morning, GLIDING the police sen
tinels and leaving for some unknown place
FIRE recently destroyed the greater por.
ton Of the village OF Pocahontas, Tenn,
causing 81, O0O loss.
FIRE and explosion destroyed the Winui.
peg (Man.) gas works the other night One
man was killed. Loss, SIPS 600; no insur.
ance
THE Kelley Motor Company had meet
ing in Philadelphia on the 18th, the first
for several years. Kelley explained that
he was changing the motor from the
etheric to the vaporic. or something to that
effect, which promised good results.
WHILE crossing the Missouri river
twenty miles below Bismarck, D. T., the
other night, family consisting Of Charles
Whalen, wife and daughter, were drowned.
They lost the road and the team passed SO
near large air hole that the ice broke and
the animals and people were lost.
The Yellow river overfiowed it's banks in
the province of Honu, China. recently,
flooding 1909 square miles. Millions of
people were said to be homeless. An aw-
full number were drowned, how many not
being ascertainable.
DISPATCHES of the 18th spoke of another
invasion of the Oklahoma country which
was being secretly organized.
FIRE recently destroyed Hamblin's h ard.
ware store and other buildings in st. Au-
gustine, Fla, causing o loss of s2o0, 900;
insurance, 10000.
Two tramps were killed and the engines
and twenty-eight box cars demolished by a
collision on the Iron Mountain road, at
LOOMS Mill, near Little Rock, Ark, on the
18th.
The stage running between Little Rock
and Carrollton, Ark, was stopped by three
men the other day and the passengers
robbed Of eGOO.
A NEGRO is reported to have robbed Mrs.
Fannie Husbands near Meridian, Miss,
assaulting her afterward and cutting out
her tongue.
A VERY heavy snow storm was reported
to have fallen in Western Texas on the
18th, the heaviest for many years.
FLAMES did So 600 damage to the tenants
Of the six-story brick building, No. 81 Mer-
Ger street. New York, on the 18th. I'm
HCuldUcly dlUTWdIu uTc was uISCOVcTcu dL
No. AZ Broadway, occupied by e. F. Lauer,
notions. and David Marks 4 Son, whole
sale clothing. Damage to the amount Of
SEQ, 600 was done.
THE trial of the persons charged with the
responsibility for the fire at Opera Com
ique at Paris resulted in the sentence OF NJ.
Carvalho, the manager Of the theater. to
three months imprisonment and to pay a
~ lao
sentenced to one months Imprisonment.
All the others were acquitted.
THE earth and timber about the main en-
CINE ut the Hecla mine, Calumet, Mich.
caved in again on the 10Th. Only a little
smoke came up. The prospects were good
that the fire was under control
The striking flint glass workers of the
East have submitted a compromise propo-
siton to the manufacturers.
NATURAL gas has been struck in large
quantities at FairvIew, Cal
EUROPEAN bourses were again excited on
the 10th ny rumors of war between Austria
and Russia Bonds of the former fell two
per cent, of the latter one and half.
WILLIAM TREMAINE, of Stonewall. Col.
mistook the fur cap Of Il young man named
Thompson for deer head recently and
shot and killed him.
FIVE men were killed and three injured
by the explosion Of an eighty horse power
engine boiler in the Edison Electric Light
Company's works at Westchester, Pa, on
the 10Th.
CHARLES BELLOWS was hanged at Charles
City, Iowa, on the 10Th for the murder of
his niece, Alice Waterman, in July, 1856.
This was the first legal execution in Iowa
since 1865
A COLLISION occurred at crossing ut
Fostoria, O., the other night between
freight and a passenger train, but not
passenger or train man was hurt.
FEARS were entertained at Two Rivers,
Wis, of the loss Of the small fishing tug
Edith and her crew of SIX men.
The committees Of the Northern and
Southern General Assemblies of the Pres
byterian Church of America. appointed at
the last annual session to confer upon Or
ganic union and the issues dividing the
two churches, concluded their meeting at
Louisville, KY, on the 10th, and it was un-
derstood that the adjournment took place
without definite result.
The big Charleston Is. c. cotton mill is
said to be on the verge OF bankruptcy be-
cause of inability to secure enough white
labor in the South.
BUSINESS failures Dun's report) for the
seven days ended December Is numbered
for the United States, 256; for Canada, a.
a total of 290, as compared with 254 the
previous week and 2SS the corresponding
week OF last year. Trade was reported
IS showing moderate Improvement.